Hannibal Barca Talent Tree & Guide 2025 Rise of Kingdoms

Hannibal Barca in Rise of Kingdoms

Rarity:
Legendary
Specialties:
Conquering Icon Conquering
Mobility Icon Leadership
Defense Icon Defense
Country:
Carthage

Ratings

4.6/5 - (14 votes)

★★★★☆ Overall
★★★★☆ Open Field
★★★★☆ Rallying
★☆☆☆☆ Defending

Hannibal Barca is a great commander to have in new kingdoms, but he is not effective in older kingdoms. Hannibal Barca’s talent tree is designed for a mixed army and city attacks. You can obtain Hannibal Barca only by purchasing chests.

Hannibal Barca Talent Tree Build

Hannibal Barca Rally Talent Tree Build

Rise Of kingdoms Hannibal Barca Rally Talent Tree Build
Rise Of kingdoms Hannibal Barca Rally Talent Tree Build
Hannibal Barca rally Talent Tree
Main Talents Talent Points
Healing Herbs3/3
Hidden Wrath3/3
Armed To The Teeth3/3
Signal Flare 3/3
Marionette 3/3
Moment of Triumph3/3
Buckler Shield3/3
Meteor Shower5/5
Tear of Blessing3/3
Entrenched 3/3
Lord of War3/3
Burning Blood3/3
Effortless
Stats:
Attack:
10.5%
Defense: 5.5%
Health: 1.5%
March Speed12%

Hannibal Barca field Talent Tree Build

Rise Of kingdoms Hannibal Barca field Talent Tree Build
Hannibal Barca PVP Talent Tree
Main Talents Talent Points
Fresh Recruits3/3
Healing Herbs3/3
Steely soul3/3
Hidden Wrath3/3
Armored To The Teeth3/3
Armed To The Teeth3/3
Strategic Prowess4/4
Buckler Shield3/3
Lord of War 3/3
Burning Blood3/3
Unyielding 3/3
Armored Joints3/3
Martial Mastery3/3
Effortless 3/3
Stats:
Attack:
11.5%
Defense: 4.5%
Health: 1.5%
March Speed18%

Hannibal Barca Guide

Hannibal Barca is an excellent commander for new kingdoms. However, if your kingdom is older than 300 days, do not buy him—it is not worth it. He will be outclassed on older servers by stronger commanders like Genghis Khan, and later you will have better options for rallying cities. Check out our Rise Of kingdoms Tier List for alternatives to Hannibal Barca.

Why is he great for new servers?

Firstly, he provides a significant amount of defense and damage reduction. Most importantly, to activate the bonus damage from his second skill, you must use three different types of troops.

As a new player, you will typically have a small number of troops and will need to use mixed troops, which is why Barca shines in new servers.

Hannibal Barca is also excellent for attacking cities. However, this advantage is limited to new servers because, on these servers, most commanders lack nuking damage. Later on, you will have commanders like Genghis Khan, who can easily nuke down Barca.

On new servers, most players use tanky commanders with high defense. This is where Barca’s first skill performs well.

One key point is that on older servers, you will rarely rally cities. Most PVP fights will occur on your territory, meaning you will lose the damage bonus from his fourth skill. Thus, while Hannibal Barca is an incredible commander for kingdoms that are less than 300 days old, for kingdoms older than 300 days, he will still be okay for rallying cities but terrible for PVP battles.

If you have the money, you can go for him. However, if you are a small spender, it is better to avoid him—it is not worth the investment. Typically, big pay-to-win players will lead rallies.

Hannibal Barca Pairings

Read more about our best commander pairings

Aethelflaed iconAethelflaed

Use Aethelflaed primary commander because she has a higher defense reduction on Aethelflaed talent tree build. This pairing is best for mixed troops in ROK and in my opinion, this is a commander that you can have with Barca for rally and PVP.

Hannibal Barca Skills

Hannibal Barca War Elephants War Elephants

Rage Requirement: 1000

Active Skill
Deals direct damage to a single target then decreases target’s damage and defense for the next 5 seconds.

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Direct Damage Factor: 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 / 400
Damage/Defense Reduction: 10% / 13% / 16% / 20% / 25%

Hannibal Barca Envelopment Tactics Envelopment Tactics

Passive Skill
When Hannibal’s army contains 2 different unit types, all damage is increased. If this army contains 3 different types, all damage is even further increased. (Warriors and swordsmen are the same unit type, while warriors and slingers are different unit types.)

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Bonus Damage (2 Unit Types): 1% / 2% / 3% / 4% / 5%
Bonus Damage (3 Unit Types): 5% / 6% / 7% / 8% / 10%

Hannibal Barca Envelopment Tactics Siege

Passive Skill
When attacking other Goverrnors’ garrisons, Hannibal has a 10% chance to heal some of his slightly wounded units..

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Healing Factor: 500 / 600 / 700 / 800 / 1000

Hannibal Barca guides Expedition Expedition

Passive Skill
Increases troop capacity. When battling outside of alliance territory, increases the damage of all Hannibal’s troops for 3 seconds after using a skill.

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Troop Capacity Bonus: 3% / 4.5% / 6% / 8% / 10%
Damage Bonus: 5% / 7% / 9% / 12% / 15%

War Elephant Trample

Enchanced: War Elephants

Deals direct damage (Damage Factor 400) to a single target then deals additional damage (Damage Factor 300) to 3 targets in a forward direrction on the next turn and decreases damage of the 3 targets by 25% and defense by 25% for 3 seconds.

Lore

Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general, considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His father Hamilcar Barca was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War. His younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal, and he was brother-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair. Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the western Mediterranean Basin when the Roman Republic established its supremacy over great powers such as ancient Carthage, the Etruscans, Samnites and the Greek king of Syracuse. One of his most famous achievements was the outbreak of the Second Punic War when he marched an army which included war elephants from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into Italy. In his first few years in Italy, he won three dramatic victories – the Trebia, Lake Trasimene, and Cannae, in which he distinguished himself for his ability to determine his and his opponents’ respective strengths and weaknesses, and to plan the battle accordingly – and won over many allies of Rome. Hannibal occupied much of Italy for 15 years but was unable to march on Rome. An enemy counter-invasion of Nort Africa forced him to return to Carthage, where he was decisively defeated by Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama.

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